The Sun Valley Spartans will face off against the Marvin Ridge Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sun Valley is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Sun Valley is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Weddington on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Sun Valley lost 70-45 to Weddington. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 358th, while the Warriors are ranked 48th).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Marvin Ridge's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 55-54 to Cox Mill.
Sun Valley's loss dropped their record down to 7-14. As for Marvin Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-12.
Sun Valley took a serious blow against Marvin Ridge in their previous matchup on Monday, falling 68-24. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Sun Valley was down 36-8.
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